I have a theory. The republicans, and Moscow Mitch in particular, are allowing the Trump administration to gift Oleg Derepaska, the Russian aluminum oligarch and close personal friend of Putin, a reprieve on the economic sanctions that he and other Russian oligarchs have been living with since they were put into place. I know the Russians, especially Putin, absolutely hate those sanctions because Putin has persistently been pressuring Trump to lift them ever since before Trump has been in office. The sanctions must be effective because Putin’s insistence on lifting them has been so dogged. The sanctions are economic sanctions but they were not imposed for economic reasons. They were imposed on Russia because of Russia’s horrendous human rights violations, notably the torture and death of Sergei Magnitsky, but there have also been many other cases of abuse, torture and murder that we know about but probably many many more that we know nothing about, and Russia still freely abuses human rights as wantonly as it desires. That, and the violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea and the occupation of eastern Ukraine by Russian forces and the troubling insertion of pro Russian political leaders in Ukraine with the help, unfortunately of Manafort and Craig. In fact, when it comes to any kind of opposition or dissent, to Russia, there are no such things as human rights.
Now here is my theory: I am supposing the the Russian banking system is free form enough to allow for it do do anything that Putin and the Kremlin direct it to do. So, I imagine that when the sanctions are lifted on the accounts of Oleg Derepaska, those accounts will be allowed to move money to and from any of his accounts into and out of any accounts anywhere in Russia or elsewhere internationally. So, Oleg Derepaska could, in effect, become the new bank of Russia. I also think that Congressional republicans who have taken money from Russia (Moscow Mitch is one example) really like Russian money and that they would prefer that that source of money once again become available to them. So, it really would benefit Congressional republicans who take money from Russia to lift sanctions on Derapaska so they can once again receive Russian cash infusions. Trump himself might also benefit from the lifting of these sanctions. Maybe he will even be able to get the Trump Tower Moscow project financed after all. For Trump, Congressional republicans, Derepaska, and Putin, lifting sanctions on Derepaska is a win win win!!!
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